The British Automation and
Robot Association (BARA)
has reported that after the
completion of the first year of
the government funded
Automating Manufacturing
programme, 156 applications
were received from UK
manufacturers to March 31
exceeding the best
estimations by more than 50%.

British manufacturers are urged to
apply before the government money
runs out.

Mike Wilson, chair of BARA, said:
“We are delighted with the uptake
from industry so far. The UK is one
of the nations within Europe that has
been slow to adopt the use of
automation with a mere 25 robots
per 10,000 employees as opposed to
127 per 10,000 employees in
Germany. One of the keys to success
in addressing the UK’s budget deficit
is increasing the export output from
the UK and the way to do this is by
making UK manufacturing as
efficient as possible.”